Automobile-lock.



w. 1. MILES. AUTOMOBlLE LOCK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 19 15 11 ,170,310, I Patentd Feb. 1, 1916.

IM/ENTOR 'WILLIHM d. MILES,

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I WITNESSES:-

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WILLIAM J. MILES, OF DENVER, COLORADO.-

AUTOMQBILE-LOCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. WILLIAM J. Minis, a

citizen of the'Inited States. and a resident --.'of- Denver. in the county of -Denver and State of Colorado. have invented a new and useful Improvement in .-\utomobileLocks,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement nautomobile locks, and the lnvention has for its object to provide mechanism capable of attachment to existing motor vehicles without change for holding the gear shift, lever of the vehicle in neutral position. that is, in

that position where none of the gears are in mesh, duringthe absence of the owner from the car or whenever else'desired.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portionof an automobile provided with the improved lock. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lock detached, Figs. 3'and 4 are sections on the lines 3'-3 and H,.respectively. of Fig. 2, Fig. is a. transverse vertical section of a modified Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 3. showing a modified construction.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in'connection-with the gear shift lever 1 of an automobile the said lever beingarranged between the seat indicated at 3 and the dash or foot board indicated at in Theimprovement comprises a shaft which is journaled in Y-shaped bearing brackets 6, each of which is provided with enlarged feet 7, in the form of plates. and adapted to rest upon the floor 8 of the automobile. and to be secured thereto by means of screws 5) or the like. passed through openings in the feet into engagement with the material of' the floor.

The shaft 5 is provided with a radial arm 10, the said arm having a headll. which in the present instance. is integral with the shaftas shown in Fig. 4. At each of the bearing brackets 6. the shaft has a stop 12. in the form of a collar for limiting the longitudinal movement of the shaft in the hearing brackets. and the arm '10 is provided with an integral extension-13. having at its outer end a clamp.

The extension 13is arched as shown. and

'iS', arranged with its convex edge upward.

andthe extension is integral with the arm I extending the arm at anacute angle as Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

' Application filed June 16, 1915. Serial No. 34,406.

shown. In other words the extension 13 extends trom the arm 10 at an acute angle in the direction of thesh aft 5, and the ex- I tension then arches upwardly and rear' wardly toward the seat.

The free end of the extension is a little in rear of the angle between the extension and the arm. and a clamp 01' holding device is connected with the free end of the extension. This clamp is in the form of atransversely curved plate or shoe l-l. which is integral with the extension, in the present instance.

and the plate is provided at each side edge and intermediate the ends of the said side edge with an extension 15. the said extensions being parallel as shown. and spaced apart laterally from each "other a sufficient distance to permit the gear shift lever 1 to' pass between them into engagement with the shoe ll.

The extensions or arms 15 have registering openings and a locking bolt 16 is adapted to be passed through the registering openings. The said bolt has at one end a head 17 for limiting its movement through the openings and the other end is provided with an opening for receiving the shackle of a padlock 19. I

The padlock may be of any desired or usual construction. and the locking bolt 16 is of such length that when the head 17 is in abutting relation with-one of the arms 15' the opening 18 will be outside of the other arm in position to be engaged by the shackle of the padlock.

As is known. with the gear shift lever in I the owner for it cannot run under its own power until the gear shift lever is released.

The driver when he intends to leave the car will move the gear shift level-"1 into neutral position. which will be in engagement with the shoe 1+ with the. parts in the position of Fig. 1. The bolt 16 is removed to permit the entrance of the shift lever between the arms 15. and when the gear shift lever is in place the bolt is passed through the openings of the arms and is engaged with the padlock. The gearshift lever cannot move rearwardly because the angle between the arm 10 and the extension 13 will engage the floor of the car to prevent this movement. Xeither can it move forwardly for the arm and extension will prevent such forward movement.

hen the driver wishes to start the car he will release the padlock and withdraw the bolt 16 to release the-shift lever. He may then replace the bolt and re-lock the pad lock." 'He will then turn the arm 10 and the extension 13 forwardly to swing them out of the way of the shift lever.

In Figs. 5, (i and] is shown a modified arm ngement, wherein the shaft 5 correspond ing to the shaft 5 of Figs. 1 to r, is'journaled in bearing"brackets (3. having the feet '7 for receiving the screws 9, The bearing 'braelte'ts (3 are mounted on the foot board '20 of tlietar. and the shaft is providedwith a rad alarm 21. This arm has a bearing '22 at ,one end engaging the shaft and'collars 23 are mounted on the shaft on eatl'iof'the bearings. Each collar has a set screw. :21. threaded radially through the same intoengagement with the shaft to preventin'o'vemeiit of the collar laterally and the collar'shOld the arm 21 in 'proper position on the shaft.

The "free end of the'arm 21 is provided with a"trai1sversel" v curved plate or shoe 25,.

eorre s'p onding to the shoe 11 of Figs. 1 and and thissh'oe has arms or extensions '26,

correspomling'tothe arms 15 of the embodimentjust 'descrihedf These arms have openings for recei\'ing"'tl1e bolt 27, and the said bolt has an opening for engagement bv the shackle iofithef padlock 2S.

'lihebolt' QT"'i's"similar to the bolt 16, and theshift lever 2t! engaged against the shoeandbetween the arms it) when in neu- ,tral position. 7 When the arm 2131s not in "iisedt mav he swung down into the dotted line position of Fig. 5. where it will be out of the "wa vand will not interfere with themovel n'e'nt 'of the shift lever.

The invention comprises In its simplest form a lO'ek'ing arm having the shoe for emhracing the shiftlever and having the locking boltsan connection wlth the shoe togetherwith tlltf lil lolllll'lllg for the locking arm for permitting it to swing into and out 5511f operatit'e position.

i shown a modified construe.

ein helshoe 30. which eorresponds,

In I tion. wh

' then away from the-sha theshoe.

greater than. the' distance betweeir the shoe Thus the shaft is of 1. .6121." tivel v greater length andgsupportedat points. relatively far. apart to przevent a smal-l lat-v v a nd the shaft.

eral pressure on the leve ndof the hol ding arm from causing a gr I supporting shaft.

I claim p v 1. 1\ locking device; lever of a motor vehicl point relatively far apart theairm haa'ing an extension Clll'YlllgtUa;

and provided with a shoe at 1ts free end shaft lever in neutral position. 1 prisin i:

having a radial ar1n.-sai;g

points relatively far apa, a shoe at its free end. for and the shoe having log nection therewith for llo'cki 3. locking device with r of a motor vehicle. forlooking vs.idileve'r in neutral position, compi; a rigid radially. extending arn'riliter-mediate its ends. said arm ha ving iadocking? shoe at the end remote from;itheesh aft 'tandy the greater.than the nd he shoe, and 1 length of the shaft beiii distance between the shan t trinpupt'in the ha-leingfisaid lever in neutral position. eomprisingga shaft. having a radial arm. said sh-aft;-being,.of relatively great length and supported at' ,the "shaft. and. it

. r. engaging; the I lever. and means in c mneetloimv1th the shoe '90 lever of amotor vehicle; foiyloclting said shaftml-ieing of 'i ng' a shaft" having ing the shaft on the vehicle.

LIJaa Witnesses; I Samar: ltln' Conn M; l.- Senxnnnsa. 

